hello, i need some help

hello, i need some help

[linuxcompilerdd]

Hello,

I have a problem booting the kernel.
Now i am using kernel 2.4.20 and it is working nice but when I try to boot
2.5.xx I obtain this error:
VFS:cannot open root device "hdb5" or hdb5

After working on it, now I am sure that the problem is on the hard disk because
I have an AWARD 4.51 and my hdb is an 60Gb disk so I use the STROKE from SEAGATE 
to use it.
I don`t have any problem on 2.x.xx but I cannot boot on it now.
I have booted the same kernel that displayed the error in other system and
it booted perfectly, so the problem resides on the hdb.

I wish you could help me resolving it, maybe a patch for the drive...

I hope your answer.
Thank u

Guille

Re: hello, i need some help

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

2.5.xx is quite old, use 2.6.0-testX (2.6.0-test6 is the latest/greatest).

On Tuesday 07 of October 2003 18:36, linuxcompilerdd wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem booting the kernel.
> Now i am using kernel 2.4.20 and it is working nice but when I try to boot
> 2.5.xx I obtain this error:
> VFS:cannot open root device "hdb5" or hdb5
>
> After working on it, now I am sure that the problem is on the hard disk
> because I have an AWARD 4.51 and my hdb is an 60Gb disk so I use the STROKE
> from SEAGATE to use it.
> I don`t have any problem on 2.x.xx but I cannot boot on it now.
> I have booted the same kernel that displayed the error in other system and
> it booted perfectly, so the problem resides on the hdb.
>
> I wish you could help me resolving it, maybe a patch for the drive...
>
> I hope your answer.
> Thank u
>
> Guille

RE: hello, i need some help

[Mudama, Eric]

2.5.xx I obtain this error:
VFS:cannot open root device "hdb5" or hdb5


That is the message I got when I made my filesystem (ext2) a module instead
of built in, but I didn't have an initrd setup properly.

Try compiling your filesystem support for the boot device into the kernel.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxcompilerdd [mailto:linuxcompiler@yahoo.es]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:36 AM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: hello, i need some help
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a problem booting the kernel.
> Now i am using kernel 2.4.20 and it is working nice but when 
> I try to boot
> 2.5.xx I obtain this error:
> VFS:cannot open root device "hdb5" or hdb5
> 
> After working on it, now I am sure that the problem is on the 
> hard disk because
> I have an AWARD 4.51 and my hdb is an 60Gb disk so I use the 
> STROKE from SEAGATE 
> to use it.
> I don`t have any problem on 2.x.xx but I cannot boot on it now.
> I have booted the same kernel that displayed the error in 
> other system and
> it booted perfectly, so the problem resides on the hdb.
> 
> I wish you could help me resolving it, maybe a patch for the drive...
> 
> I hope your answer.
> Thank u
> 
> Guille
> 
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